The best grocery delivery services to try today
- Amazon Fresh.
- Instacart.
- Walmart Grocery.
- FreshDirect.
- Peapod.
- Google Shopping.
- Shipt.
- Prime Now.
Yes, Someone needs to be home to accept the items from Instacart, unless you leave a note in the “special instructions” section of the app to leave the bags at a particular place.
If you're under coronavirus quarantine, you can still get your groceries. So to ensure people can get their groceries without having to risk human contact, Instacart has rolled out a new “Leave at My Door Delivery” feature, which allows customers to have their groceries left outside their door at a designated time.
If the customer is not there to receive the delivery, the Instacart Personal Shopper will try to contact the customer. Instacart Personal Shoppers will wait for the customer, reschedule the delivery, or cancel the order if no other solution is attainable.
Instacart costs $7.99 for one-hour delivery or $5.99 for two-hour or more delivery (you can select one-hour time windows), though the price can increase at particularly busy times. For free two-hour delivery on orders $35+, you can pay a $149 yearly membership.
Like I said Instacart does provide coupons, and sales, but there are markups and fees associated with using this service. If you don't think these extra costs are worth it then Instacart won't be a good choice.
Tipping. Shoppers appreciate tips as a way of recognizing excellent service and 100% of your tip goes directly to the shopper delivering your order. By default a 5% tip is suggested at checkout, with a minimum suggestion of $2 per individual store delivery.
A full service shift means that you are working at least two hours by shopping and delivering a customer's order, possibly two orders in two hours depending on the size of the orders and how far away !
ATLANTA, GA--(Marketwired - Jun 22, 2017) - Shipt, the fastest growing online grocery marketplace, today announced that it is expanding delivery retail options in the Atlanta area. Beginning today, June 22, 2017, Shipt members in Atlanta now have access to deliveries from Publix® and Kroger®.
To check if Shipt is in your area, go to shipt.com, scroll down to the bottom of the page (you will see a "More time, less stress" sign), and enter your zip code in the box. If we are in your area, this checker will tell you!
To check if Shipt is in your area, go to shipt.com, scroll down to the bottom of the page (you will see a "More time, less stress" sign), and enter your zip code in the box. If we are in your area, this checker will tell you!
For now, check out this list to see if any of these grocery stores currently deliver to your area.
- Safeway. PIN IT. Photo courtesy of columbian.com.
- Whole Foods. PIN IT. Photo courtesy of salon.com.
- Walmart. PIN IT. Photo courtesy of brrarch.com.
- Harris Teeter. PIN IT.
- Trader Joe's. PIN IT.
- Costco. PIN IT.
- Target. PIN IT.
- H-E-B. PIN IT.
Shipt. Shipt is similar to Instacart but requires you to sign up for a membership, which comes with free shipping on orders over $35 (for smaller orders, the fee is $7). Shipt has a somewhat limited coverage area versus the other best grocery delivery services, but still offers convenience and decent prices.
Instacart is a grocery delivery service where personal shoppers select your items from the store and then deliver them to your door. Depending on your location, you can get same-day delivery (sometimes in as little as an hour!) from a variety of stores in your area like Costco, Aldi, Kroger, Safeway, and more.
- Tesco. At the time of writing, Tesco is at capacity for the next few weeks when it comes to deliveries.
- Morrisons. There are, at the time of writing, no free delviery slots for Morrisons stores.
- Iceland.
- Asda.
- Marks & Spencer.
- Sainsbury's.
- Waitrose.
- Ocado.
Walmart Grocery is our pickup and delivery service.
Simply place an order online at walmart.com/grocery, Opens in new window choose a timeslot, and your order will be loaded directly into your car at your local Walmart, or in some markets, you can have your order delivered right to your doorstep!
